Saavan Chavda
@sav-c.bsky.social
Aspiring Historian and long-suffering Arsenal fan. Researching people's lived experience of British imperialism in Rotherhithe, London, from 1755-1914 @ King's College London
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The bit that gets missed in the scandal around Farage's schooldays is that his school made him a prefect - despite warnings from staff about his conduct.
It's a recurring theme for Trump, Johnson, Farage & co. We can't be surprised at the way they behave, when their behavior is constantly rewarded.
It's a recurring theme for Trump, Johnson, Farage & co. We can't be surprised at the way they behave, when their behavior is constantly rewarded.
December 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The bit that gets missed in the scandal around Farage's schooldays is that his school made him a prefect - despite warnings from staff about his conduct.
It's a recurring theme for Trump, Johnson, Farage & co. We can't be surprised at the way they behave, when their behavior is constantly rewarded.
It's a recurring theme for Trump, Johnson, Farage & co. We can't be surprised at the way they behave, when their behavior is constantly rewarded.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
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More than half of ethnic minority Brits say the England flag has now become a racist symbol, with Brits of all colours now tending to say the raising of the flag is mostly about expressing anti-migrant, or anti ethnic-minority sentiment
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
More than half of ethnic minority Brits say the England flag has now become a racist symbol, with Brits of all colours now tending to say the raising of the flag is mostly about expressing anti-migrant, or anti ethnic-minority sentiment
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Flag raisers have complained they’re misunderstood. Their real intention was the benign expression of national pride. No hint of racism. Since they’re well-intentioned I wonder how many will take them down once they know how they’re seen by NHS workers?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Flag raisers have complained they’re misunderstood. Their real intention was the benign expression of national pride. No hint of racism. Since they’re well-intentioned I wonder how many will take them down once they know how they’re seen by NHS workers?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Trump has threatened to bomb or invade 7 countries with a shot to play in the 2026 World Cup. He *has* bombed one (Iran) and said he'd deny them visas. He's preparing for war with another (Venezuela). He has summarily executed citizens from at least 3. He has imposed tariffs on nearly all of them.
FIFA head says 'you will see' at World Cup draw if Trump receives new peace prize
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Trump has threatened to bomb or invade 7 countries with a shot to play in the 2026 World Cup. He *has* bombed one (Iran) and said he'd deny them visas. He's preparing for war with another (Venezuela). He has summarily executed citizens from at least 3. He has imposed tariffs on nearly all of them.
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A post on Reddit that asks an important question:
Why is there so much anti-indian sentiment/racism in London?
Today, i was walking past a group of white 20yr olds in Soho and one of them said 'this isn't india, get out'.
Why is there so much anti-indian sentiment/racism in London?
Today, i was walking past a group of white 20yr olds in Soho and one of them said 'this isn't india, get out'.
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A post on Reddit that asks an important question:
Why is there so much anti-indian sentiment/racism in London?
Today, i was walking past a group of white 20yr olds in Soho and one of them said 'this isn't india, get out'.
Why is there so much anti-indian sentiment/racism in London?
Today, i was walking past a group of white 20yr olds in Soho and one of them said 'this isn't india, get out'.
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This from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social is a clear and horrifying explanation of the atrocities underway in El Fasher. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
This from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social is a clear and horrifying explanation of the atrocities underway in El Fasher. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Really important reminder of how Reform aren’t just Little Englanders, but part of an international far-right network which wants to take away fundamental rights we all take for granted - and wants to use “free speech” as a lever
NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.
Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Really important reminder of how Reform aren’t just Little Englanders, but part of an international far-right network which wants to take away fundamental rights we all take for granted - and wants to use “free speech” as a lever
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I love London so much. So much.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
September 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I love London so much. So much.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
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NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights.
The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
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The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
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September 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights.
The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
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The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
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Unfortunately Labour can quote deportation figures all they like but the Reform voters will not be satisfied until there are no Black and Asian people visible on the bus. And also anyone that looks like they might be Polish.
And the reason is simple: Solutions for the cost of living crisis require fundamentally altering both the architecture of capitalism internal to Britain *and* relations to external, global capital flows, while immigration is nebulous and can be performatively addressed through spectacular violence.
The cost of living crisis is far and away the biggest concern for voters but the media and political class is just going to demonise asylum seekers and trans people until the planet combusts (which may be soon)
August 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Unfortunately Labour can quote deportation figures all they like but the Reform voters will not be satisfied until there are no Black and Asian people visible on the bus. And also anyone that looks like they might be Polish.
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So let me get this straight: people are draping themselves in flags to demonstrate their hostility to the presence of Afghan women and girls fleeing persecution at the hands of the Taliban because they want to protect women and girls?
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
August 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
So let me get this straight: people are draping themselves in flags to demonstrate their hostility to the presence of Afghan women and girls fleeing persecution at the hands of the Taliban because they want to protect women and girls?
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
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On anti-prejudice norms, I agree 100%. Nothing has done more to erode these over the past 10 years than the "legitimate concerns" narrative that whitewashed racism and xenophobia as mere "fears" and "concerns" while deriding anti-racism as the preserve of privileged cosmopolitans.
This little parable is a nice illustration of why it is important for mainstream parties to set and uphold clear, bright line anti-prejudice norms, and of why the failure of senior Conservatives to do so risks doing great harm to their party
August 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
On anti-prejudice norms, I agree 100%. Nothing has done more to erode these over the past 10 years than the "legitimate concerns" narrative that whitewashed racism and xenophobia as mere "fears" and "concerns" while deriding anti-racism as the preserve of privileged cosmopolitans.
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'When people think of themselves as the 'good guys' regardless of the violence they inflict, there is ultimately no atrocity they are not willing to justify.'
Textbook example of how the debate on genocide is not a debate about evidence or interpretation - it's about cognitive dissonance...
Textbook example of how the debate on genocide is not a debate about evidence or interpretation - it's about cognitive dissonance...
August 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
'When people think of themselves as the 'good guys' regardless of the violence they inflict, there is ultimately no atrocity they are not willing to justify.'
Textbook example of how the debate on genocide is not a debate about evidence or interpretation - it's about cognitive dissonance...
Textbook example of how the debate on genocide is not a debate about evidence or interpretation - it's about cognitive dissonance...
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Far right demagoguery - thanks to crucial, repeated validation from the political mainstream - has painted a target on the back of every man of colour in this country.
Everyone knows what is likely to happen next.
Everyone knows what is likely to happen next.
Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters.
Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters
Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Far right demagoguery - thanks to crucial, repeated validation from the political mainstream - has painted a target on the back of every man of colour in this country.
Everyone knows what is likely to happen next.
Everyone knows what is likely to happen next.
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The biggest barrier to social cohesion in this country is this: a news agenda framed by a stream of pseudo-research “reports” from right wing think tanks with the pre-determined conclusion that immigrants and Muslims are intrinsically a threat to our country.
July 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The biggest barrier to social cohesion in this country is this: a news agenda framed by a stream of pseudo-research “reports” from right wing think tanks with the pre-determined conclusion that immigrants and Muslims are intrinsically a threat to our country.
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They set fire to a hotel where refugees were forced to live, attacked mosques and homes, stopped people driving into an area if they weren’t white. “grievances” remember violent racism is always our fault
Hope everyone has a lovely time chatting to this one over Prosecco and canapés at the Spectator garden party
May 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
They set fire to a hotel where refugees were forced to live, attacked mosques and homes, stopped people driving into an area if they weren’t white. “grievances” remember violent racism is always our fault
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Nothing is going to pierce the egos of people who refuse to understand, until it‘s too late, that for most Reform voters the perfect number of non-white people in England is zero.
Labour could build a wall around this country. people would still vote Reform.
May 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Nothing is going to pierce the egos of people who refuse to understand, until it‘s too late, that for most Reform voters the perfect number of non-white people in England is zero.
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Best explanation of why energy prices are so high in the UK you will find in the media. Watch this ⬇️
(Spoiler alert: it’s not green policies that are the problem)
(Spoiler alert: it’s not green policies that are the problem)
We’ve know this for ages but it’s good that this kind of analysis in now on mainstream TV in the UK
April 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Best explanation of why energy prices are so high in the UK you will find in the media. Watch this ⬇️
(Spoiler alert: it’s not green policies that are the problem)
(Spoiler alert: it’s not green policies that are the problem)
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The whole thing is also putting many of us (cis & queer) Black women who do not look femme enough for the Eurocentric beauty standards, further at risk. We are ALREADY disproportionately stopped and searched.
Not only this — and this is a big deal — but how on earth will the police ensure that male officers won’t be allowed to search cis women who look a bit butch and can’t prove they’re women?
if I understand correctly, the campaigners wanted (in their words) to stop trans women officers with a gender recognition certificate searching women.
and, in response, the police have decided to allow male officers to search trans women.
not sustainable. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
and, in response, the police have decided to allow male officers to search trans women.
not sustainable. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
April 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The whole thing is also putting many of us (cis & queer) Black women who do not look femme enough for the Eurocentric beauty standards, further at risk. We are ALREADY disproportionately stopped and searched.